Intel PROSet/Wireless WiFi buffer overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Intel PROSet and Wireless WiFi. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-21160. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Intel PROSet and Wireless WiFi (Wireless LAN Software) (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Improper buffer restrictions for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi products may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.

The weakness was disclosed 08/19/2022 as intel-sa-00621. The advisory is shared at intel.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-21160 since 11/30/2021. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/18/2022).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Buffer overflow
CWE: CWE-120 / CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/30/2021 🔍
08/19/2022 +261 days 🔍
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09/18/2022 +30 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel-sa-00621
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-21160 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-21160
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-206777

Entryinfo

Created: 08/19/2022 11:00
Updated: 09/18/2022 12:19
Changes: 08/19/2022 11:00 (38), 09/18/2022 12:19 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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